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 NASA pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here in the cockpit of the X-15 after high speed research flight. In July 1955, Armstrong transferred to the High-Speed Flight Station HSFS, at Dryden Flight Research Center as an aeronautical research engineer. Soon thereafter, he became a research pilot.

 For the first few years at the HSFS, Armstrong worked on a number of projects. He was a pilot on the Navy P2B-1S used to launch the D-558-2 and also flew the F-100A, F-100C, F-101, F-104A, and X-5.

 His introduction to rocket flight came on August 15, 1957, with his first flight (of four, total) on the X-1B. He then became one of the first three NASA pilots to fly the X-15, the others being Joe Walker and Jack McKay. (Scott Crossfield, a former NACA pilot, flew the X-15 first but did so as a North American Aviation pilot.)